Sam Farr: “I want to thank Chairman Edwards for his leadership and for holding this hearing.”

Isn't that part of your role under your responsibility to know?

If you don't fund the State Department fully then I need to buy more ammunition ultimately.

My goal for U.S. aid is to achieve a level of effectiveness that every time we provide aid to a region or country it is with the final aim of transitioning them from trade to aid, like we have done in South Korea.

I rise once again because every year we face this amendment and it does get knocked out in conference. But I rise with concern that it keeps coming back, because I think it is based on a lot of misunderstanding, and it really can cause…